Brian McAvera applauds Colin Davidson’s turn to portraiture as several of his works go on display in Belfast, Dublin and London
Caroline McCarthy invites us to look at the world afresh, transforming the banal and the abject into artworks. Sue Hubbard discovers, ahead of the artist’s exhibition at Green on Red Gallery this summer.
All is not harmonious in Una Sealy’s Neighbours, the winner of the Ireland-US Council/Irish Arts Review Portraiture Award at the 181st RHA Annual Exhibition, writes Isabella Evangelisti.
Alannah Hopkin previews new work from Katherine Boucher Beug’s forthcoming show in June at Oliver Sears’ Gallery, Dublin
Sheila Rennick’s new paintings acknowledge the darker themes of contemporary life, Donal Maguire discovers, ahead of her solo show at Hillsboro Fine Art, Dublin
Nigel Monaghan admires the work of artist and conservationist Patrick O’Hara whose exhibition at the Boole Library, UCC marks 40 years of botanical exploration
As the directors of several National Cultural Institutions prepare to retire this year JOHN MULCAHY poses the question: is there an intention to downgrade their roles to executive managers – and if so, why?
“My desire to change the way we see the world in order to remake it is central,” Maud Cotter tells Brian McAvera.
Retrospectives seek to ask and answer specific questions, writes Gerry Walker, in his preview of Barrie Cooke’s exhibition at IMMA this summer.
Hilary Pyle reviews a history of Graphic Studio Dublin, which shows how an artistic necessity gave rise to a flourishing artistic resource
Ahead of Dragana Jurisic’s solo show at the RHA in September we republish Stephanie McBride’s examination of the photographer’s 2011 show at the Droichead Arts Centre, studies of urban survival taken during the Celtic Tiger years, revealing Ireland’s struggling society.
In his livre d’artiste, a selection from which are on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Matisse sought to create a graphic equivalent to the facing page, writes Emily Mark-FitzGerald
This summer, twenty years after his survey of Irish Modernism, S B Kennedy takes a fresh look at the movement through the artworks on view at the AVA Gallery, Bangor, Co Down
Julian Campbell marshals the evidence for the existence of two artists called Mahony, both of whom won the admiration of van Gogh
In his livre d’artiste, a selection from which are on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Matisse sought to create a graphic equivalent to the facing page, writes Emily Mark-FitzGerald
In his livre d’artiste, a selection from which are on display at the Chester Beatty Library, Matisse sought to create a graphic equivalent to the facing page, writes Emily Mark-FitzGerald
Nigel Everett explores the gardens of Lisselan and investigates the evidence for its appellation as a ‘Robinsonian’ creation
James Howley examines the description and typology of follies, as restoration on three remarkable examples in Dublin reaches completion
Paul Larmour visits the new theatre, which he describes as a boon for the dramatic arts and the most exciting building in Belfast
Although the themes running through Cormac Boydell’s exhibition at the Irish College, Paris in 2011 had their origins in the past, the finished objects are shaped by his distinctive contemporary style writes Frances Ruane
Inez J Fletcher selects an illuminated page from a Gaelic manuscript from the collection of the National Library of Ireland
